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Pop star ASHLEE SIMPSON is hosting a last-minute baby shower party in Los Angeles on Saturday (01Nov08).
The singer, who according to husband Pete Wentz is "very pregnant", will send out invites to close friends and family members early on Saturday in a bid to keep the party and the location a secret, according to reports.
Meanwhile, anxious Wentz says, "I’m on call permanent right now… It could happen any day now."

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JAMIE LEE CURTIS, ALEC BALDWIN, JUDY COLLINS and LOU GOSSETT JR. are among a host of entertainers whose struggles with drug and alcohol addiction are detailed in a new tell-all book.
Author Christopher Kennedy Lawford shares celebrity rehab stories in his new book Moments of Clarity.
In the tome, singer Collins - now sober for 13 years - reveals, "I had been drinking around the clock for four years. My instrument - the voice that had brought me success and saved my sanity - was coming apart." Remembering the moment before she checked into rehab, she adds: "I brought a jelly jar of vodka and drank it in the airport bathroom." And actor Lou Gossett Jr. shares his own life-changing experience, which took place during a trip to South Africa.
Gossett reveals, "I was looking out at Robben Island, where Mandela spent 27 years in prison, and I burst into tears because there is absolutely nothing that ever happened in my life to compare to what that man went through and what his people went through. I said, ‘What the hell am I doing?’ I did worse to myself than any person, white or black, did to me." The book is set to hit shelves in December (08).

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ASHTON KUTCHER’s turn as a football coach is paying off - his Harvard-Westlake High Wolverines are off to a 4-2 winning start this season.
The actor, who is coaching the team, admits he’s getting a lot out of his new job.
He tells Sports Illustrated magazine, "Though football is no great step for mankind… it’s a great step for me.
"I’m not there to teach them; they are there to teach me." Kutcher brings more than a little experience to the practice field - he played linebacker at ClearCreek Amana High School in Tiffin, Iowa.

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HUGH JACKMAN inadvertently recorded a horror movie audition tape while filming new epic AUSTRALIA - when confronted with a pack of charging horses.
The Aussie actor plays a drover - a livestock herder - in Baz Luhrmann’s new film and had to look good in the saddle for horse handling scenes, but eight months of training couldn’t prepare him for one terrifying moment on set.
He explains, "As the dust cleared, I saw that the horses that had gone into the corral had seen their mates running off into the field, so they decided, at full gallop, to go and join them - and they were running toward me.
"I remember what the trainer said (to me): ‘There’s no stopping them.’ "The sound guy actually gave me a copy of the recording of what I said at the time because I had a microphone on. So, if you ever hear it, you’ll hear a lot of swearing and genuine fear.
"He said, ‘Mate, if you ever have to be in a horror movie, this is your audition tape.’"

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R&B star BEYONCE KNOWLES has postponed her baby plans after learning just how tough motherhood can be from her sister SOLANGE.
The 27-year-old singer once claimed that winning an Oscar, getting married and becoming a mum were three things she’d like to cross of her wish list by the time she was 30 - but now she’s not so keen on having a kid in the next three years.
Knowles, who wed rapper Jay-Z in April (08), says, "I’d still love to win an Oscar (but) the kids, I dunno.
"I’ve been keeping my nephew and he’s the smartest little boy, but he’s making it hard. It’s a lot of work." But she hasn’t ruled out having kids before she turns 30: "In three years, maybe."

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A hard-hitting new movie about the Bosnia War’s Srebrenica massacre has won the top prize at the Rome Film Festival in Italy.
Resolution 819, directed by Italian Giacomo Battiato, won the Best Film Award on Friday (31Oct08).
The film chronicles the true story of the police investigation surrounding the 8,000 Muslims from Srebrenica after it fell to Bosnian Serb forces.
The Rome Film Festival’s Critics Award went to Afghan film Opium War.
Ukrainian Bohdan Stupka claimed the Best Actor prize for his part in Polish comedy With a Warm Heart and Italy’s Donatella Finocchiaro took home the Best Actress honour for her role in Galantuomini.

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South Korean actor KIM MYUNG-MIN is set to receive a top honour at the upcoming Korea Drama Awards for his accomplishments on the small screen.
Myung-min will receive the Grand Prize For An Actor for his performance in TV drama Beethoven Virus at the awards on Saturday (01Nov08).
The series drew attention earlier this year (08) for being the first drama to depict the lives of classical musicians in Korea.

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An unexpected casting development has revived decades-old U.S. TV soap ALL MY CHILDREN - after the show signed on a real war hero to play a wounded soldier on the series.
Iraq war veteran J.R. Martinez is set to make his TV debut next month (06Nov08) as a wounded soldier on the daytime show after winning a casting search.
Martinez, 25, was severely burned when his Humvee hit a land mine in 2003.
His new co-star, actress Beth Ehlers tells Us Weekly, "I’ll teach him to act, and he’ll teach me to be a better person."

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New movie vampire ROB PATTINSON is set to go gay in a independent film about artist SALVADOR DALI.
The much-hyped British star - who can be seen in new horror picture Twilight - portrays the surrealist in Little Ashes, which is due for release next year (09).
And it has been revealed that the film features a gay love scene between him and Javier Beltran, who plays author Federico Garcia Lorca, according to Eonline.com.
The movie centres on the relationship between a teenage Dalí, Lorca and filmmaker Luis Bunuel in Madrid, Spain in the early 1920s.

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Funnyman SETH ROGEN was so convinced he’d have to bare all in new movie ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO he shaved his hairy back.
The Knocked Up star was fully prepared to get naked with co-star Elizabeth Banks, but director Kevin Smith chose not to ask the pair to strip onscreen.
Rogen tells WENN, "I shaved my back just in case. I went fully bare, like a two year old. I was ready. I didn’t want to be too real for the world. I don’t think the world is too ready for a hairy back in a love scene.
"Has there ever been a sex scene with Robin Williams? People don’t want to see that. That would border on bestiality."

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Actress ASHLEY OLSEN is planning to marry NATIONAL TREASURE star JUSTIN BARTHA in a secret $1 million (£617,284) ceremony on the French Riviera, according to reports.
The pair is rumoured to be in discussions about possible nuptials in the South of France next summer (09).
According to the National Enquirer, 22-year-old Olsen’s wedding party will include twin sister Mary-Kate, her 19-year-old sister Lizzie and half-sister Taylor, 12. Her two brothers are said to have been enlisted as groomsmen for the event.
And the star has reportedly tapped her famous friends to help her celebrate.
A source tells the tabloid, "Ashley has dreamed of having her wedding on the French Riviera, and she’s going to ask her favourite designer, Karl Lagerfeld, to create a custom-designed gown… She also wants photographer Annie Leibovitz, who Mary-Kate has worked with, to capture the entire extravaganza on film." Olsen has been dating 30-year-old Bartha since the beginning of the year (08).

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The gun used to kill singer/actress JENNIFER HUDSON’s mother, brother and nephew has been identified by Chicago, Illinois police.
The authorities recovered a .45 caliber Sig-Sauer semiautomatic in the shrubbery of a vacant lot in the city on Wednesday (29Oct08) - close to where Hudson’s nephew Julian King’s body was found on Monday (27Oct08), and have determined it was used in all three murders.
William Balfour, Julian’s stepfather, remains a person of interest in the case. He is being held by authorities on a parole violation, but they have not charged the 27 year old in connection to the murders. Balfour has reportedly refused to take a lie-detector test and has stopped co-operating with detectives.
Meanwhile, a public memorial for the victims of the triple murder will be held at Pleasant Gift Memorial Baptist Church in Chicago on Sunday afternoon (02Nov08).
Hudson’s publicist says, "The Hudson family welcomes anyone who wishes to attend and pay their respects to these three beloved members of the Chicago community."

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Newlywed RYAN REYNOLDS can’t wait for Sunday’s (02Nov08) New York City Marathon to be over because he has hated every minute training for it.
The actor will join thousands of runners, fundraisers and do-gooders on Sunday morning at the start of the marathon - and he won’t be surprised if he doesn’t make it across the finishing line hours later.
In a letter posted on the Huffington Post website, Reynolds writes, "Let it be known at the outset, I am not a runner. I am a running joke. Waking up at 4:30am and jogging anywhere from 11 to 23 miles has been nothing short of horrifying." And he still has no idea why he signed on for the 26-mile run - watching past marathons on TV convinced him he was never going to take part in one.
He adds, "People were crying. People were limping, hobbling, screaming, crawling… I breathed in deeply and decided something: ‘I’d never do that ever, ever." Reynolds is running as a tribute to his father Jim, who has been battling Parkinson’s Disease for the past 15 years.
As a member of Parkinson’s sufferer Michael J. Fox’s Team Fox, the actor has already raised over $79,000 (GBP49,300), which will be paid in full if he completes the race.
And the actor hopes to break records en route - as "the first person in history to sob uncontrollably for 26.2 miles straight."

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Rocker RYAN ADAMS has recorded THE STROKES’ IS THIS IT? album on mandolin, pump organ and banjo but fears it’s too "weird" to get released.
Adams tells Rolling Stone magazine he experimented with the acclaimed LP during a bout of illness - and members of The Strokes have been keen to hear what he recorded.
He says, "Fab (Moretti) begged me for a copy of it. I declined - some of it’s bad, and some of it’s just weird."

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The man accused of leaking new GUNS N’ ROSES tracks online has been given a Halloween treat - felony charges against him have been reduced to misdemeanours.
Kevin Cogill now faces one year behind bars instead of five if he’s found guilty of copyright infringement.
Cogill posted nine unreleased Guns N’ Roses songs on his website, TheAntiquiet.com, earlier this year (08). The matter became a federal investigation after lawyers representing the group forced him to remove the items from cyberspace.
The 27 year old was arrested by FBI agents in August (08).
The tracks Cogill leaked are believed to be tunes from Guns N’ Roses’ upcoming album Chinese Democracy.

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CHER has revealed it’s tough for her to find love - because no man wants to be Mr. Cher.
The pop superstar, who has romanced Tom Cruise and Kiss star Gene Simmons, accepts it’s tough for any man to become her boyfriend.
She says, "It’s really hard for the guy and ruins his life… Guys don’t wanna be Mr. Cher." The 62 year old admits she is dating, but she refuses to go public with her latest romance: "I don’t do that… because it’s hard enough to have just a plain life; it’s hard enough to just get around without the paparazzi up your ass."

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Reggaeton star DADDY YANKEE has been robbed in Argentina.
The singer lost his passport, Blackberry cellphone and other personal items in a raid on hotel rooms used by him and his crew on Wednesday (29Oct08).
His entourage also had laptops and money stolen.
A hotel staff member is believed to be the prime suspect in the burglary.

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SHADOW GALLERY rocker MIKE BAKER died after suffering a heart attack on Wednesday (29Oct08). He was 45.
The singer was a founding member of the progressive rockers.
A statement from the band reads, "Those who knew Mike best were moved by his gentle spirit, sincere kindness, fun nature and passion… He was a warrior in the studio, a true professional.
"Mike was our friend, our singer and our brother. We loved him and will miss him enormously, but he will always be remembered in our hearts and through his music."

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